Is internet-delivered therapy more effective than internet-delivered brief support in reducing depressive symptoms in adolescents?

Conditions

Mild to moderate depression in adolescents Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Karin Lindqvist, Jakob Mechler, Nick Midgley, Per Carlbring, Katarina Carstorp et al. (9 authors)

Psychotherapy Research2022-12-0619 citations

10.1080/10503307.2022.2150583

Emotion Regulation as a Time-Invariant and Time-Varying Covariate Predicts Outcome in an Internet-Based Psychodynamic Treatment Targeting Adolescent Depression

Jakob Mechler, Karin Lindqvist, Fredrik Falkenström, Per Carlbring, Gerhard Andersson et al. (6 authors)

Frontiers in Psychiatry2020-07-1413 citations

10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00671

Affect-Focused Psychodynamic Internet-Based Therapy for Adolescent Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial

Karin Lindqvist, Jakob Mechler, Per Carlbring, Peter Lilliengren, Fredrik Falkenström et al. (16 authors)

Journal of Medical Internet Research2020-03-3084 citations

10.2196/18047

Interventions

Directly after inclusion, participants will be randomized to one of two arms with 1:1 ratio: intervention or control condition. An independent researcher, not involved in the study, will conduct the r

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adolescents 15-18 years of age 2. Suffering from mild to moderate symptoms of depression according to a diagnostic interview (MINI 7.0). 3. Have access to a computer/smartphone/tablet with internet connection 4. Able to read, write and speak Swedish without the aid of an interpreter.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Risk of suicidality and/or earlier suicide attempts, 2. Partaking in other psychological treatment, 3. Psychotropic medication not stable since at least three months, 4. Other primary diagnoses in need of other treatment 5. Current fulfillment of any of the following diagnoses: any psychotic disorder, bipolar I/II disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and autism-spectrum disorder. 6. Comorbid drug or alcohol abuse.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Depressive symptoms will be measured using the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescents (Bernstein et al., 2010) via internet delivered self-rating forms pre-treatment, weekly during treatment and post-treatment. 1.1. In order to fully explore trajectories of change and possible moderating and mediating factors over time, a parallel process latent growth curve strategy will be employed. 2. Differences in efficacy between conditions will be investigated by modelling interaction effects of group and time.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Depressive symptoms will be measured using the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescents (Bernstein et al., 2010) via internet delivered self-rating forms pre-treatment, weekly during treatment and post-treatment. 1.1. In order to fully explore trajectories of change and possible moderating and mediating factors over time, a parallel process latent growth curve strategy will be employed. 2. Differences in efficacy between conditions will be investigated by modelling interaction effects of group and time.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Anxiety symptoms will be measured weekly using the Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7- item scale (GAD-7; Kroenke et al., 2010). 2. The severity of depression symptoms will be measured pre- and post-treatment using the Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (Svanborg & Åsberg, 1994).	—

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed